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Hi, I'm Mark Emiley on behalf of Expert Village. In this segment, we are going to talk about
what you need to know to get ready for brewing. In particular, we are going to talk about
cleaning and sanitization. "Cleaning" is getting all the major debris off of your equipment.
This needs to be done to everything. This means just malt matter, this means hop matter;
this means any kind of dirt that is on your equipment. "Sanitization" on the other hand
is trying to kill the microbes that exist on your equipment. This requires a further
level of cleanliness, as in it goes beyond cleaning and into the killing stage. "Sterilization"
is impossible for brewing as this involves killing every microbe, which is not going
to happen. But, if you maintain a sanitary environment, this is going to be the best
thing you can do for your beer. There are many different products available which can
help you with cleaning and sanitization. For mainly cleaning, one of them is "Straight
A" which helps break up a lot of organic matter. You can use this at a rate of one tablespoon
per gallon for cleaning very, very many of your materials. The most readily available
cleaner out there is chlorine bleach which works as a cleaner and a sanitizer. At a rate
of one tablespoon per gallon, it will help break out bio-matter and also sanitize your
equipment. However, it usually needs to be rinsed out or else you'll get a chlorine flavor
in your beer.